Mounting engines in vehicles



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F. H. ROYCE MOUNTING ENGINES IN VEHICLES Filed Oct. 28, 1924 heets-Sheet 2 Nov. 8, 192 7.

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FL H. ROYCE MOUNTING ENGINES IN VEHICLES Filed oct. 2e, 1924 4 sheets-sheet 4 ,//f /ff-'Tf/ .//V f gnou/nto? Patented YNov. 8, 19.2.7.

UNITED lsIA'rl-:s -PATENT'oI-Flcn Y FREDERICK HENRY ROYCE, lE WEST wI'r'rERING, NEAR CIIICEESTER, ENGLAND,

, sIGNoR 'ro ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED, or DERBY, ENGLAND.

MOUNTING ENGINEs IN VEHICLES.

Application Med October 28, 1924, Serial No.x 746,452, and in IGreat Britain October 31, 1923.

,This inventionvhas reference to internal combustion engines for road vehicles and has for Its obgect to damp out, or minimize,

torsional vibrations. It is 'applicable to vehicles in which the engine is supported in the frame by a suspension which admits of relatively free rotational movement about a ylongitudinal axis within limits at one end. Accordin to this invention apart from, and in addition to, the supports of the engine in the frame of the vehicle an antivibration friction device is introduced one side of which is connected to the engine `and the, other side to the frame ofthe vehicle. For examplethe vehicle can be constructed as follows: Arms or brackets bolted or otherwise secured to the engine extend vout on each side to, or towards the side girders of, the frame, where they terminate in a disc or other suitably shaped end, in a vertical plane with a hole through the centre. These discs are associated concentricall with other discs or suitably shaped mem ers rigidly secured to the frame, andpreferabl located in the channel of the side girder with intervening discs of friction material). The discs arel bolted together and by means of an axially operating spring are in frictional engagement. The hole through the discl or end of the arm or bracket extending Ifrom the frame is large enought to allow considerble clearance'between it and the securing olt. ln the accompanying drawings Figures l. to 5 inclusive illustrate an example of my invention where the engine is suspended on the three point system and Figs. 6 to 10 inclusive where the engine is supported on a four point system but suspended at one end by elastic devices.

Referring to Figures l to 5, Fig. 1 shows a front end elevation of the engine with the front cross members of the frame removed. Fig. 2 is a plan view of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 an enlarged front en'd elevation of one vibration damper, Fig. 4 a section on line XX of Fig. 3, and,Fig. 5 a plan view of Fig. 3. Fig. 6 shows a front end elevation of the engine with the front cross members removed. Fig. 7 is a plan view of Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is an enlarged front end elevation of one vibration damper. Fig 9 is a plan view of Fig. 8 and Fig. 10 is a section on line YY of Fig. 8 viewed from above. e

Referring to Figures, l to 5, inclusive, a is the frame, a1 are two cross members, a are brackets in shape of a disc with projecting arms, secured by bolts a and nuts-a* to the side members. a5 are'brackets also secured tothe frame by bolts and nuts '(not shown bis the engine, b1 the` timing case, b2 the y wheel case, and bs Vare brackets extended from the engine crank case with flat feet b* which rest on and are bolted to the brackets a5. b5 are four brackets extended from the engine crank case with formed thereon bosses be and o through which arel holes to receivebolts hereinafter referred to. c is a U shaped tubular member rigidly secured to the four brackets b by the caps c1k which are secured to said brackets b5 by bolts c2 and nuts cS and has an eyec4 at the center thereof.' d is a tubular member bolted to the cross members al and passing through the eye o4 (making therewith a rotatable fit?. e `are two iat metal members preferab y made of pressed steel each being in shape a disc with two. extended arms e? and e2, and with holes through. the Vmiddle of the disc and through the ends of the arms to receive bolts hereinafter referred to. The arms e1 lare in the same plane as the disc parts, but

the arms e2 are set towards one another as indicated in Figure 5'. e3 are friction washers, e4 are metal washers, e5 is a bolt, ee 1s a spiral spring, and e7 is a nut, by the screwing up of which the desired pressure between the discs is attained. The arms e1 are bolted to a perforated lu on the cap c1 by means of the .threaded olts eB and nut e9. The arms e2 are bolted to a plate e1 by means of the bolt e and nut e12 and the plate 51 is secured to a lugrextended from the timing case by a bolt e and nut e.

Referring to Figures 6 to 10, a, a2, as, a, b and b1 indicate the same parts as, or similar parts to, those in Figs. l to 5.

The engine b is rigidly secured 'at the rear end thereof to the side members a by means of arms l formed integral with the engine case and bolted securely to the brackets 2 fixed to each side member a.

v"The frontend of the engine is pivotally connected to the side members a by means of the bell cranks 3, pivoted at their centers y has the free end of itsiother arm 7 pivoted to one end of a connecting rod 8, the length of which between its pivot ends obviously determines the height at which the front end of the engine is suspended relative to the 4frame.

In order to dampen the oscillatory movements of the front of the engine on its suspension, frictional damping devices. somewhat similar to those illustrated in Figs. 1 to 5 are used. The link e of Fig. 1, is essential in the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, since the front end\of the engine is cent-rally pivoted and it is necessar to provide for` a slight rotation of this en The suspension shown in Figs. 6 and -7 restricts the front end to a swaying rather than a pivotalmovement relative to the frame, and the pivoted link connection is not essential.

In each o f the damping arrangements shown in Fi s. 6 to 10, a single forked plate 9 is bolted rigidly by its branches 10 and 11 to the side of the engine, and has its free end formed as a disk 12 provided with a central aperture 13. The free end of the plate a extends parallel to disk 12 and has a frietion disk 12 interposed between it and disk 12.

In order` t0 clamp the friction disk 12 between the plate a2 and disk 12, a second friction disk 12. is positioned on the other side of disk 12 and a metal washer 14 having an apertured hub 15 is used as a clamping plate for pressing the friction disks and disk 12 against plate a2, the plate a2 and disks 12 ,are centrally ,apertured to receive snugly the hub 15 of washer 14, andthe aperture 13 in disk 12 is made substantially larger than hub 15 to permit the disk 12 to slide between the friction disks 12. Y.

Spring washers 16 apertured at their centers are'arranged on the washer 14 and plate a, and a bolt 17, passing through the alined apertures of washers 16 and hub 15, has its head 18 seated on one of said washers.' The shank of bolt 17 extends beyond the other washer 16 and has a coil compression spring 18 interposed, around said shank, between the adjacent washer 16 and a pressure adjusting nut 19 screwthreaded onto the threaded end of said bolt. Lock nuts 20 serve to secure the nut 19 in adjusted positions.

With apparatus as above described torsional vibration resulting from the well known reaction tending to rotate the engine round the crank shaft, and resulting vibrations set up in the frame, are eliminated or minimized. A

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim isz- 1. Suspension means for an engine including a bracket secured to the said frame and carrying a frame plate, ai bracket secured to the engine a'lso carrying a plate, said plates arranged parallel to each other, a washer provided with a cylindrical projection and with an orifice extending through said washer axially of the cylindrical projection, friction plates disposed one on each` side of the plate sup orted from the engine, said plates provided with aligned orifices adapted to receive the cylindrical projection on the washer, the orifice in one of the plates being of a diameter substantially larger than the diameter of said cylindrical projection and means for resiliently securing said plates, friction plates and washer to ether.

2. In a motor vehicle, the com ination with a frame having a pair of side members, of an engine rigidly connected at its rear end to said side members, means pivotally connecting the front end of said engine to said side members, and connections extendin laterally from each side ofthe front en thereof to each side member to dampen the pivotal oscillations of said front end relative to said members.

3. The combination set forth in claim 2 in which each of said connections includes a plate fixed to and extending laterally from one of saidv side members, a plate secured to said engine and extending laterally therefrom in parallelism with the first named plate, a friction disk between said plates,

and means' for clamping said disk between said plates to interpose frictional resistance to relative sliding movements between said i plates. Y

4. In a motor vehicle, the combination with' a frame having a pair of side members, of an engine rigidly connected at its rear end to said side members, means pivotally connecting the front end of said engines to said side members, and connections extending laterally from each side of the front end thereof to each side member to dampen the pivotal oscillations of said front end relative to said members, each of said connections including a plate fixed to and extending laterally from one of said members, a late secured to said engine and extending ateially therefrom in parallelism with the first named plate friction disk between said plates, means for clamping said disk between said plates to interpose frictional resistance to rclative sliding movements between s'aid yplates and means for adjusting the fricly connected thereto and means for dampening the pivotal oscillations of said other end comprising a plate fixed rigidly to one of said side members, a second plate secured to one side of said engine and in parallelism with the first named plate, a friction disk in which the last named means is adjustable interposed between sald plates, and means to vary the frictionai Contact between said for clamping saidplates and disk in friedisk and plates. l0 tional contact with each other, one of said In witness whereof I have signed this plates beingslidable relative to said disk specification. and the other plate.

6. TheV combination set forth in claim 5, FREDERICK I'mNRY ROYCE. 

